Observation/Reflection #5 - How Do We Stop This Thing? Observe how and when your teacher closes his or her lessons and/or activities. How does he or she end each class period? Is there a set routine? If so, describe it. Pay special attention to when you teacher begins to end the class. Does he or she return to the purpose or main idea of the lesson? Does he or she "set up" the homework or the next day's activity? Is the teacher still teaching when the bell rings or are students already poised to leave? Is there some "dead time" at the end of the class period? If so, how much? How do students react to your teacher's closing strategies? Remember that these questions are a guide and that you don't have to answer each one. Be sure you reflect on your observations and describe how you will try to end your classes. What supports for these ideas might you include in your lesson plans? Observation In Mr. Reyes’s classroom, I found that he ends class the same way everyday he will asses how much the students learned by asking questions and he will clarify any new concepts that seem hazy.He then assigns the homework, which he will write on the board, and the students write in their homework journals. If there is time, he will then begin an overview on the next day’s lesson. The school has no bells and classes are flexible as to ending time so Mr. Reyes will never run out of time.On the other hand, he seems to have a good grasp of when the students should be leaving and never seems rushed Reflection I think that the end of the class is just as important as the beginning.All class time is precious and serves a different purpose when done properly.The end of class should be a summary of what was learned as well as a bridge to future instruction.A well-planed end to class should have its important points, which need to be touched upon and playroom, which can be cut if the class runs late.Flexibility in the schedule allows a teacher to stop and emphasis major points when they believe the class has fallen behind. I will end my classes with three major ideas in mind the first is the summary of the day’s lesson.The second is the way in which the lesson fits into the past lessons in the class.The third part of the ending of my lessons will be how the new information fits into the bigger picture of the future.This section provides a sort of foreshadowing of things to come while using current knowledge as a solid base for the new. The last thing that should be added is a section, which is completely not necessary to the lesson.This section should be either an enhanced review or a more through introduction to the next lesson. The point of the last section is to provide cushion for the lesson.If the lesson runs smoothly and ends early then you get into the in-depth view of tomorrows lesson.If you are running late, you cut out the cushion all together.
Observe how and when your teacher closes his or her lessons and/or activities. How does he or she end each class period? Is there a set routine? If so, describe it. Pay special attention to when you teacher begins to end the class. Does he or she return to the purpose or main idea of the lesson? Does he or she "set up" the homework or the next day's activity? Is the teacher still teaching when the bell rings or are students already poised to leave? Is there some "dead time" at the end of the class period? If so, how much? How do students react to your teacher's closing strategies? Remember that these questions are a guide and that you don't have to answer each one. Be sure you reflect on your observations and describe how you will try to end your classes. What supports for these ideas might you include in your lesson plans?
Observation
In Mr. Reyes’s classroom, I found that he ends class the same way everyday he will asses how much the students learned by asking questions and he will clarify any new concepts that seem hazy. He then assigns the homework, which he will write on the board, and the students write in their homework journals. If there is time, he will then begin an overview on the next day’s lesson. The school has no bells and classes are flexible as to ending time so Mr. Reyes will never run out of time. On the other hand, he seems to have a good grasp of when the students should be leaving and never seems rushed
Reflection
I think that the end of the class is just as important as the beginning. All class time is precious and serves a different purpose when done properly. The end of class should be a summary of what was learned as well as a bridge to future instruction. A well-planed end to class should have its important points, which need to be touched upon and playroom, which can be cut if the class runs late. Flexibility in the schedule allows a teacher to stop and emphasis major points when they believe the class has fallen behind. I will end my classes with three major ideas in mind the first is the summary of the day’s lesson. The second is the way in which the lesson fits into the past lessons in the class. The third part of the ending of my lessons will be how the new information fits into the bigger picture of the future. This section provides a sort of foreshadowing of things to come while using current knowledge as a solid base for the new. The last thing that should be added is a section, which is completely not necessary to the lesson. This section should be either an enhanced review or a more through introduction to the next lesson. The point of the last section is to provide cushion for the lesson. If the lesson runs smoothly and ends early then you get into the in-depth view of tomorrows lesson. If you are running late, you cut out the cushion all together.